Markham Food Bank
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 890846066RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($4,802,327) as filed with the CRA.
Markham Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from other charities. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $781K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $221K in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Alleviate food insecurity for markham community members
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.8M | $4.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $221K | — | — | — | — | $341K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $781K from 25 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$321K
- Canadahelps Canadon$321K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$34K
- Edwards Charitable Foundation$20K
- Foundation Counts Philanthropic Foundation$20K
- Food Banks Mississauga$13K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$9,809
- The Bridge a Markham Community Church$8,900
- ST Andrew's Presbyterian Church$6,135
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- Ike Nizam Foundation of Canada$4,000
- Longo Family Foundation$4,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,635
- Markham Rotary Club Foundation$3,000
- Central United Church$1,785
- York Catholic District School Board$1,300
- Unionville Baptist Church$1,050
- Markham Pastoral Charge$1,000
- ST Philip's Anglican Church$845
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$724
- BenefAction Foundation$662
- Markham Baptist Church$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$493
- Hagerman Mennonite Church$400
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$194
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Lough (president); Bob Ysseldyk (treasurer); Phyliss Tyrie (secretary); Gladys Keeble (director); Cathy Allison (director); Glenda Hutton (director); Joanna Alison (director); Robert Nunn (director); Dennis Dunn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Markham Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890846066RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.